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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes thursday july 18,1991unite in past Saddam urges iraqis Baghdad Iraq apr in his first speech in four months president Saddam Hussein called on the iraqi people wednesday to put past differences behind them and enter a new Era of political  in a televised speech marking the 23rd anniversary of the Rise to Power of his Arab baath socialist party Saddam also accused the Allied Powers of trying to undermine his Rule by continuing economic sanctions against Iraq. A pluralism will be the main pillar in the next new phase a Saddam said. A i urge All nationalist iraqis from All intellectual and political trends who Are concerned with iraqis sovereignty Unity and Independence to turn a new Page and forget the differences and contradictions of the past a he said. However the liberalization Saddam is promising is expected to be limited. Competing parties Are barred from participation in the military command and Security apparatus that Saddam has tightly controlled. Saddam made no mention in the 45-minute speech of a july 25 deadline set by the . Security Council for Iraq to cooperate fully on disclosure of its nuclear resources or face the threat of a new Allied attack. The iraqi Leader appeared unsmiling and dressed in a dark Blue civilian suit seated in front of a Floral display and with an iraqi Flag at his Side. Saddam noted that legislation authorizing multiple political parties has been passed by the National Assembly. He said it would soon become Law a and we will soon Start to apply the principles of pluralism in a Broad  the Law on political parties was passed by the Assembly july 4 but has not been ratified by the ruling revolutionary command Council which Saddam Heads. He called on iraqis to work together for postwar reconstruction of the country a under the Banner of nationalist and pan Arab nationalist  it was Saddam a first Public address since March 16, when he promised democratic reforms to appease rebels who sought to unseat him after his persian Gulf War defeats. Saddam a army crushed postwar uprisings in the North by the kurd and in the South by shiite muslims. Last year Saddam a speech on the same occasion marked the Start of his Campaign against Kuwait. In noting the july 17,1968, coup that brought his party to Power Saddam accused Kuwait of stealing iraqi Oil and plotting to sabotage iraqis Economy. Two weeks later iraqis army invaded the emirate touching off the International confrontation that led to War. Iraqis Saddam Hussein makes his televised address wednesday. This year Saddam lauded the achievements of the baath party and accused the allies of trying to sabotage its accomplishments. The generation of the baathist revolution the president said had transformed a poor and backward Iraq into a new confident and cultured country. Saddam said Iraq was paying the Price for a Century of Arab weakness backwardness and disunity. He accused the allies of aiming to destroy the iraqi people the iraqi army and the country a aspirations for development. A at the time they linked the embargo to withdrawal from Kuwait but they have insisted on continuing the embargo to this Day a Saddam said. A they Are always finding reasons to postpone the lifting of the  there had been Hopes that the government would announce on revolution Day an agreement with kurdish leaders granting the rebellious population of 3.5 million kurd autonomy in Northern provinces. Kurdish leaders were still in Baghdad negotiating and there were no signs that an Accord was imminent. World soviets finish removal of Navy from Germany from wire reports Sossnitz Germany a the soviet Union ended its naval military presence in Germany on monday As the last two destroyers left Harbor and headed East. With a German naval Honor guard leading the Way the destroyers sailed out of Sossnitz Harbor on Riingen Island in the Baltic sea and headed for the soviet Union. The naval withdrawal is part of the Overall end to the soviet military presence in what was once East  splits jew s Skull Jerusalem a an israeli Arab armed with an a attacked a 60-year-old jewish woman at an Art fair monday splitting her Skull authorities and radio reports said. The victim Lola Goldfluss was hospitalized in serious condition. The Man cried a Falla he Akbar god is great and a hit her in the head and Cut it in half a witness Shlomo a told the Israel radio. Police said two Volunteer civil guards in Neta nya had earlier stopped the a carrying Man on the City a Beach. But the 37-year-old Man escaped to the Center of the City in Central Israel and attacked an israeli woman a statement  terrorist stabbed Saa Brucken Germany a a lebanese terrorist serving a prison sentence for kidnapping two germans in 1987, was stabbed monday at a prison in Saarland state police said. Abbas Ali Hamadi who was convicted of kidnapping two germans in an attempt to free his jailed brother Mohammed Ali Hamadi received Only slight wounds in the incident with another inmate police said. He was treated at a local Hospital and returned to the prison police said. Mohammed Ali Hamadi Abbas younger brother is serving a life sentence in Germany for the murder of a . Sailor during the june 1985 hijacking of a Twa Airliner to Beirut on a flight from Athens Greece to  test criticized Wellington new zealand new zealand bitterly criticized Frances nuclear testing program in the South Pacific on tuesday hours after the sixth test blast of the year. Mondays underground explosion at muru Roa atoll Frances testing site in French polynesia was estimated to have a yield of 35 Kilotons said chief government seismologist Warwick Snith. Eleven Days earlier the French detonated an nother explosion at muru Roa about 3,200 Miles Northeast of new zealand. That blast yielded less than half a  describes killings by Schwammberge Stuttgart Germany a an american told a criminal court wednesday that he saw his Uncle a rabbi and two other people fatally shot by former is officer Josef Schwammberge at a nazi labor Camp in Poland. Abraham Secemski a polish native who now lives in san Diego was the first of several american witnesses expected to testify in Schwamm Berger a War crimes trial at Stuttgart regional court. Schwammberge 79, a former labor Camp commander is charged with taking part in the deaths of 3,374 people at least 43 by his own hand. Most of the victims were jews. Secemski 67, was flown to Stuttgart by the German government which also paid a 500,000 Mark $277,000 Bounty that led to Schwamm Berger a arrest in Argentina where he had been for More than 40 years. Secemski a voice Shook with emotion several times As he told of How he was sent with his Brothers father and uncles to the Roz Wadow labor Camp. He described How his Uncle was shot by Schwammberge apparently for wearing a ring after the is lieutenant had ordered All prisoners to turn Over All valuables. A my Uncle had a broken Finger and had a ring on. He  remove it a Secemski said. The prisoners were lined up in the courtyard of the labor Camp and Schwammberge was inspecting them when the shooting took place Secemski said. Schwammberge looked at the Uncle and a told him to step out a the witness said. Schwammberge then pulled his pistol and fired he added. A the fell and he was moaning a Secemski said of his Uncle a the Schwammberge did no to have the decency to give him another Bullet to put him out of his misery. We went to work. When we came Back my Uncle Wasny to  Secemski also told of watching As Schwammberge shot a rabbi he had accused of sabotage. Court records show that a rabbi identified Only by the name of Fraenkel was shot for refusing to work on sept. 20, 1942, the High jewish holy Day of yom kippur. A i could see or. Schwamm Berger a pistol in his hand. I asked my father a what a happening Here a a Secemski said his voice Cra Clung. After a Long pause chief judge Herbert Luippold asked a did he fire a a yes a Secemski said. A who a Luippold asked. A a Schwammberge a Secemski said. Secemski also said that he saw Schwammberge kill two other inmates at the Camp for no apparent reason. One was a teen age classmate he said. A i personally Felt envy of him a Secemski said of his classmate. A because i was wishing id get the same Fate. That was a Quick  Secemski told of inhuman living conditions at the Camp and atrocities committed by ukrainian guards under Schwamm Berger a command. One guard shot Secemski a younger brother and stole his trousers and his fathers Throat was Slit by another guard because he was not working hard enough Secemski said. He said that he and an older brother were the Only ones from imprisoned members of his family to survive. Schwammberge listened impassively during the testimony and did not comment. Schwammberge who was arrested by austrian authorities in 1945, escaped in 1948 and surfaced in Argentina a year later. Although Long sought by nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal he lived there under his own name and obtained Argentine citizenship in 1965. Schwammberge was finally arrested in november 1987 and extradited to Germany in May 1990. His trial began june 20  
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